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What man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman's mind?
Miguel de Cervantes
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Miguel de Cervantes
Age: 69 †
Born: 1547
Born: January 1
Died: 1616
Died: April 23
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Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.
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When we are asleep, we are all equal.
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Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains or the sea conceals for liberty, as for honor, we can and ought to risk our lives and, on for the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can befall man.
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Honesty is the best policy, I will stick to that. The good shall have my hand and heart, but the bad neither foot nor fellowship. And in my mind, the main point of governing, is to make a good beginning.
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Other men's pains are easily borne.
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift.
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To be good to the vile is to throw water into the sea.
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The treason pleases, but the traitors are odious.
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Does the devil possess you? You're leaping over the hedge before you come at the stile.
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Laws that only threaten, and are not kept, become like the log that was given to the frogs to be their king, which they feared at first, but soon scorned and trampled on.
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Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.
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All persons are not discreet enough to know how to take things by the right handle.
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My honor is dearer to me than my life.
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Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.
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